Vuelta.

PAZ, Octavio.

$475.00

Item Number: 133281

Mexico: Editorial Seix Barral, S.A, 1976.

First edition of this collection of poems that were written between 1969 and 1975. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page to his good friend, “A Sergio Muñoz Bata, cordialmente Octavio Paz.” With Sergio Muñoz Bata’s ownership inscription on the title page with the words Mexico 76. Sergio Muñoz Bata writes a weekly syndicated column published in 18 newspapers across 11 countries in the hemisphere. He is also both a former Los Angeles Times editorial board member and Executive Editor of La Opinión. In near fine condition. A wonderful association.

Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature ("for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity.") This collection of poems were written between 1969 and 1975, published in 1976. Paz had resigned his ambassador position in India after the events of Tlatelolco in 1968 returning to Mexico City. Divided into two sections, Configuraciones and Confluencias, each section contains several poems including two major poems, “Vuelta” and “Nocturno de San Ildefonso.” Vuelto is his reflection on Mexico City. Dreamy, fluid images are highlighted by Paz’s mastery of language.